Chinese vice president meets chair of Novo Nordisk Foundation

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Lars Rebien Sorensen, chair of the Novo Nordisk Foundation and chair of the Board of Directors of Novo Nordisk A/S of Denmark, in Beijing on Thursday.

Noting the Chinese government attaches great importance to the people’s health, Han said that China will move faster to advance the Healthy China Initiative and strive to raise the average life expectancy to 80 years during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). Han expressed hope that Novo Nordisk A/S will give play to its advantages and actively join the Healthy China Initiative.

Han said that China will further expand high-level opening up, make persistent efforts to foster a first-rate business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized, and support the better development of foreign-funded enterprises including Novo Nordisk A/S in the country.

Sorensen said Novo Nordisk A/S is optimistic about the development prospect of the Chinese economy, and will continue to expand its business in China, participate in the development of China’s pharmaceutical industry, and make more contributions to advancing the Healthy China Initiative.

China’s capital city Beijing launched a special job fair for university graduates on Thursday, offering over 20,000 job positions both online and offline.

The job fair for Beijing graduates was held under China’s national employment campaign “Guopin Action”, which is jointly sponsored by China Media Group, the Ministry of Education, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and five other departments.

Since its launch in 2020, the “Guopin Action” campaign has brought together more than 140,000 well-known companies, offering over 13 million job positions and receiving more than 88 million resumes. More than 4,000 online and offline recruitment events have also been organized nationwide.